Thus spaketh Databug:
> {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
>> Thus spaketh Databug:
>>> {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
>>>> Thus spaketh Nick:
>>>>> "Databug" <databug@NOSPAM.mangomuzik.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:WZJyg.145139$GD7.26670@fe08.news.easynews.com ...
>>>>>> Brian wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2006-07-28, Databug <databug@NOSPAM.mangomuzik.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I signed up with VOIP stunt because of the free calls. All the
>>>>>>>> locations that I need are free. However I just noticed this 120
>>>>>>>> days till expiry. I assumed VOIP Stunt worked in a similar way
>>>>>>>> to Skype in that the 120 days start again when you make a
>>>>>>>> chargeable call. If this is not the case and the 120 days
>>>>>>>> expire and your credits go at the end then VOIP stunt would be
>>>>>>>> more expensive than my land line as we only make about £5
>>>>>>>> worth of calls in a quarter.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 5 GBP a quarter scales up to about 6.70 GBP, which is nearly 10
>>>>>>> EUR, for four months. So the deal between you and VoipStunt
>>>>>>> isn't very heavily weighted in their favour.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By the way firstly I'd like to thank you all for the help and
>>>>>> advice and I am now as confused as ever :). But I have also
>>>>>> signed up for 1899 just to try that out too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not suggesting that voip is ripping anyone off their service
>>>>>> is genuinely cheap however it's not quite the service i had in
>>>>>> mind for our usages if I loose my credit (credit not money for
>>>>>> the nitpickers) after 120 days. Skypes service with regards their
>>>>>> billing and credit, on that front is better for my usages even
>>>>>> though it's more expensive in the first place.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is there a PC based VOIP service
>>>>>>>> that has free calls to USA UK germany and where the credit
>>>>>>>> doesn't expire? Or will renew if you make a chargable call?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sorry, can't help you with the name of a specific service but
>>>>>>> you could try a search on your preferred search engine with the
>>>>>>> terms "bankrupt" and "telecom company".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> this post has been brought to you by the Databug©
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll end up way out of pocket if you keep signing
>>>>> up with other providers. If you're happy with BT and
>>>>> the charges related to them, stick with them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why?
>>>>
>>>> 1899 costs nothing to sign up or per month, you just pay for the
>>>> calls you pass through them, UK landlines are 3 pence per call!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>> that's what I thought. I have nothing to loose. even if we forget to
>>> dial the 1899 it's still no loss. For the moment at least I don't
>>> feel ready to do the total drop the telco switch to cable and sign
>>> up with voip. One day when I find the right service and when voip
>>> is well established then that will be the route I will go down (as
>>> I hate paying all that line charge) but for now with skype
>>> voipstunt and 1899 will save enough money for the mo. Hopefully If
>>> I just pay BT the line charge for now and then eventually I'll drop
>>> them altogether.
>>
>>
>>
>> I dropped the BT line about a year ago, and just use VoIP over my
>> cable broadband, I look at it as paying £2 per month to VoIP Stunt
>> for my 'line rental' and get 1,200 minutes of free calls, I also use
>> Sipgate.
> I'm teetering with the whole voip thing. If it was just me I'd go for
> it but my wife hates technology and she hates PC's and all that kind
> of thing. She's the main bill payer and she's a little apprehensive
> so far. I thought I'd break her in gently with the likes of skype and
> now with 1899. She'll come round in time. The only thing that worries
> me about VOIP and that worries my wife is that if internet goes down
> so does your phone. Also with sipgate wich was a company I was
> looking at, there seem to be occasional connection problems and other
> issues that i've seen on this list.


I use a PAP2 ATA this connects to my router so no need for PC to be on
to make and receive calls, this I have wired into my old BT wiring, so
it appears to everyone that it is an ordinary phone line.